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Future of AI&ML in Creative Tech: Machine Learning in Animation, Artificial Intelligence for Creative Studios, Democratization of Machine Learning for Creatives

Michael Dempsey is a partner at Compound and invests in frontier technologies such as robotics, autonomous vehicles, machine learning, immersive computing, & AI/ML for creative work which is our topic today.

Prior to joining Compound, Michael was an early employee at CB Insights where he focused on researching frontier tech and then he made the jump into venture when he joined Rothenberg Ventures in SF.

/// IN THIS EPISODE WE COVER ///

1. What does the future of AI&ML in Creative Tech look like

2. Automation with ML in animation and creative studios

4. AI replacing human creatives

5. Shadows and studio of the future

6. RunwayML and democratization of ML

7. VC research process for new spaces

/// NOTABLE MENTIONS ///

Animation Is Eating The World - https://www.michaeldempsey.me/animation/

Shadow - https://shadows.co/

RunwayML - https://runwayml.com/

Morphin - https://getmorphin.com/

Facemoji - http://facemoji.me/

The Mission of a Lifetime - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41454623-the-mission-of-a-lifetime

@Gwern - https://twitter.com/gwern

Future of Audio: AirPods as a Platform, Seamless Computing, Voice Assistants, Voice Interfaces, Cochlear Implants, Voice OS, Social Audio

Matt Hartman is a partner at Betaworks Ventures. Betaworks invests in companies that change the way we communicate, such as Giphy, Anchor, Gimlet Media, Bitly, Medium, GroupMe, Venmo, Twitter, Kickstarter, and Tumblr.

Prior to joining Betaworks, Matt built ReferBoost (licensed to Apartments.com), and was at Hot Potato (acquired by Facebook). He began his career building the technology platform for Trammell Crow Company (acquired by CBRE) and is the inventor of a patent related to the protection of digital images.

In this episode we cover:

What does the future of audio look like
Privacy and permissions for voice interfaces
Context in an “always listening” world
Social voice/audio
Design constraints of audio
On demand interfaces
AirPods as a Platform
How Matt does research on new spaces
How Matt spends his time as a VC

Notable Mentions
Anchor – https://anchor.fm/
Gimlet – https://gimletmedia.com/
TTYL – https://www.ttyl.fyi/
Rec Room – https://recroom.com/
Resemble AI – https://www.resemble.ai/
Descript – https://www.descript.com/
Peter Rojas – https://twitter.com/peterrojas

Peter Rojas was the co-founder of a few very popular technology blogs, including Gizmodo, Engadget, and Joystiq. He also founded the consumer electronics social networking site gdgt. After being acquired by AOL, Peter became VP of Strategy and director of AOL's experimental products group.

Now Peter is a partner at Betaworks, a startup studio and seed stage VC that invests in Frontier Tech based in New York and San Francisco.

/// IN THIS EPISODE WE COVER ///

1. What is Synthetic Reality

2. New forms of content made possible with Synthetic Media

3. How Synthetic Reality will supercharge the creative spirit 

4. Innate human traits that drive adoption of Synthetic Reality 

5. How increased interaction with Synthetic Reality affects our actual reality

6. How Peter approaches researching new categories as a VC

7. Whether longer time-horizons impact Frontier Tech investing



/// NOTE FROM THE EPISODE ///

42:50 https://www.resemble.ai/

43:16 https://www.auxuman.space/

44:20 https://facemoji.co/

46:30 https://twitter.com/matthartman

46:40 https://twitter.com/mhdempsey

Matt Newberg is the founder of HNGRY, a media startup exploring the impact of technology on our relationship with food. Matt has spent the past eight years working in tech as an entrepreneur and product manager, most recently at Vimeo. He’s now finally layering on his passion for food to explore the future of food. 

In this episode we cover: 

1. What the future of food looks like 10 years from now

2. How on-demand food and virtual kitchen are going to change the restaurant landscape and our own homes

3. The role of robotics in the future of food

4. Matt's favorite slice in NYC ;) 



Notes from the episode:

Uber Eats promo code ($7 off): eats-uberwisam

HNGRY.tv

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Food-Routes-Growing-Bananas-Logistics/dp/0262039656

Fantastic Fungi: https://fantasticfungi.com

Mycelium startups: Ecovative/Atlast and Prime Roots